Day1 was wet and windy. Not a nice run down to Oxford. This was piqued by being charged at the M6 toll as a big vehicle due to the 2 cars that came in right close behind me. So 6.50 instead of 2.80. Thanks guys. Later that evening had a temporary fright when could not find my wallet. Last time saw it was at ....Toll. Worst thoughts go through mind and think i have lost it on the M40 somewhere. Thankfully i found it.
Day2 only 150 miles but took 4 hours , filtering through miles of queues on M25. But made chunnel in plenty time. V quick run to france on train and no passport checks at all v strange. Great run down to near Arras.
Day3 Beautiful drive to Arras just 20 mins from campsite to a military cemetary so Colin could pay his respects to an uncle who was critically wounded there. Lovely countryside which made it hard to believe the scenes that took place in 1917.
Back to the autoroute and another 300km down the road. Feeling very pleased with our progress we treated ourselves to a beer from the site fridge. It must have been getting the army knife out of the glovebox that did for the ignition key though this was not realised at the time. Two hours later trying to get my headtorch out of the same box i discovered i had a stubby key on my keyring.
Fortunately having the knife out of the box i was able to extract the broken end of the key. Next get address of local honda dealer.
Day4 Go to dealer who is very helpful but no blank key in stock. Takes 24hrs to get one so today we have a day off in Nancy. Did the tourist bits- Cathedral (said some prayers) and also the Hotel de Ville square, ok we had a beer taking in the view. Lots of walking and a good meal in a street off the square. So tomorrow we hope our prayers are answered and a key awaits at Mr Honda. more soon.
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